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Spector Pro records every online search using the most popular search engines including Google, AOL, MSN, and Yahoo. You get a quick picture of what users have been looking for, and whether or not they actually visited each web page listed. See the date, time, terms searched for, the number of times searched, and the search engine used. Click here to view a screenshot.
Get a quick picture of what's on their minds, whether or not they actually go to each web page listed, by spotting a trend in online searches. This may alert you to inappropriate activity, or put your mind at ease.
You may discover what the latest fads are, or what they really want for their birthday.
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By default, Spector Pro captures Online Searches. There are no settings to adjust for this activity. However, if Web Sites Visited is turned off, no online search information is recorded. |
The Online Searches event window uses a Navigate, Detail, and Summary panes to display information. You may change the order in which columns are arranged or how information is sorted within a column..
Navigate Pane (upper)
Each online search is considered one recorded event. Events are arranged in groups and sub groups and sub-sub groups, each of which is displayed like a branch on a tree. By default events are grouped first by date, although you may choose to group the events differently.
Click on the plus (+) sign, which then becomes a minus (-) sign, next to the Online Searches icon to expand the tree and view each date on which a search was recorded.
Click on the plus (+) sign, next to a date to expand the tree and view each site on which a search was recorded.
Summary Pane (lower)
Click the Summary tab to view this pane. The Summary pane displays totals for the recorded event(s) highlighted in the Navigate pane. By navigating up or down in the tree above, you display a wider or narrower view of events.
For example:
Select the icon at the top of the tree to display totals for all online searches that have been recorded.
Select a particular date, for example Thu, Aug 24, 2006, to display totals for each search conducted on that date.
Select a particular search site, for example Google, to display totals for each search conducted using that search site.
Detail Pane (lower)
Click the Details tab to view this pane. The Detail pane displays specific information about each recorded event(s) highlighted in the Navigate pane. By navigating up or down in the tree above, you can display a wider or narrower view of events.
For example:
Select the icon at the top of the tree to display details for all online searches that have been recorded.
Select a particular date, for example Fri, Aug 25, 2006, to display details for every search conducted that date.
Select a search site, for example Google, to display details for every search conducted using that search site.
The Summary pane displays these columns:
Search Term – Each word or phrase entered in a search site. For example, if the same word was entered three times, it appears once as a search term, with total searches recorded as 3.
Total Searches - Indicates how many times this word or phrase was searched for.
Right-click and select any of the following additional columns for display:
Search Site – The Internet domain name where the search was performed, for example google.com, or search.msn.com.
Protocol - The Type of Uniform Resource Identifier of the search site, for example HTTP, HTTPS.
First Search – The date and time when this word or phrase was first searched for, using the format MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM/PM.
Last Search - The date and time when this word or phrase was last searched for, using the format MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM/PM.
The Detail pane displays the following columns:
Time - The date and time when the chat / IM was recorded, using the format MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM/PM.
Search Term – Each search term is listed once for each time it was entered in a search engine.
Search Site – The Internet domain name where the search was performed, for example google.com, or search.msn.com.
Standard columns, along with the following customized column, are also available and may be displayed using the arrange columns function:
Protocol - The Type of Uniform Resource Identifier of the search site, for example HTTP, HTTPS.
The Online Searches event window contains the following shortcuts:
Group by - Use this to customize the display of recorded data in the Navigate pane tree. You may select how data is grouped, and the order in which the groups appear in the tree. You can also determine the direction in which information is sorted (ascending or descending).
Snapshot Context - Use this to open a floating window and view a snapshot that corresponds to a selected event. You can also navigate through the snapshots to get an idea of the context within which the activity occurred, without leaving the event window you are currently in.
Jump to - Click to select a specific recorded event in the lower Detail pane and then jump to Snapshots, Keystrokes, or Web Sites Visited.
Search Online Searches - Use Search to quickly locate a specific word or phrase. Search works like a filter displaying only the data that matches the search criteria.
Delete - Use Delete to remove one or more events.
The menu bar is specifically customized for Online Searches.
The status bar contains the standard items.
Next: reviewing Web
Sites Visited.
